a short week

Because of the MLK holiday yesterday, today is the beginning of a short week. As I said a couple posts ago, I'm looking forward to a much quieter week than last week.

As a follow-up, I'd like to report that my irrational, and admittedly stupid, worries dissipated on Sunday night. They began to calm down a bit just from listening to music, which almost always seems to help me feel better and put things in perspective. But they dissipated completely when I got a phone call from Ileana late Sunday night. To my surprise, she actually read what I'd written here earlier that evening, so she picked up the phone and called me. We talked for a little while and everything was fine. I realize that there are certain reflex reactions I have, probably a combination of my personality as well as patterns from previous relationships (I guess that may be the downside to having experience). And that I must be very aware of not blindly giving in to those impulses, especially when there's no real reason to do so. As I admitted to Ileana, it's not necessarily going to be easy. But she gives me good reason to grow and become a more mature person in how I handle the downpoints in a relationship. I'm gonna give it my best shot. And I'm very, very thankful to be with someone who is caring and understanding of me. Besides that, I'll say simply that Ileana and I spent a really nice time together yesterday, highlighted by lunch at Pod (3636 Sansom Street in University City) and a really delicious, home-cooked dinner of penne pasta in alfredo sauce with chicken and broccoli.

Well, that's enough for now. I have other thoughts in mind on various other topics, but I'll save that for another post, perhaps as early as later this afternoon. Time to finish enjoying my late morning coffee and take care of a few things. Have a great day!